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For those that claim rock music is a fading trend, Spitfire Music has teamed up with BlackBoxTV to develop a new horror anthology series “Welcome To Daisyland”. Spitfire Music have enlisted the Australian-American musical […]
JOE JACKSON Premieres New Song Friend Better, REEF release New Video for How I Got Over, Heart Release Live video Crazy On You feat. Dave Navarro. Leading up to the release of […]
Ahead of their upcoming Australian tour, the rebooted Divinyls featuring founding member, guitarist and songwriter Mark McEntee has introduced the band’s cracking new vocalist Lauren Ruth Ward and all Australian rhythm section via a […]
Tagged by International music mag The Obelisk as being “at the head of the pack of European heavy Rock and Roll“, Greece’s 1000mods bring their psychedelic onslaught to Australia this April, touring nationally on […]
In 1988 Keith Richards released his first ever solo album, ‘Talk Is Cheap’, an eleven track masterclass in everything good about rock ‘n roll. It all began in 1986 when Keith was restless. The […]
Gifting fans with an early Christmas present in December, The Getaway Plan and Dream On Dreamer’s massive co-headline tour announcement was quick to stoke the fires of excitement around the country. With over three […]
Legendary, GRAMMY-award winning band Fleetwood Mac today announced an Australian tour, set to kick off on August 9 in Perth and taking in Brisbane on August 20, Sydney on August 27 and 29, and concluding […]
Witch County nefarious frights DEVILMENT – led by vehement frontman Dani Filth – have released an official live music video for the track ‘Hell At My Back’, which was shot during the band’s storming set at Bloodstock Open Air Festival last […]
The wait is over! The INKCARCERATION Music and Tattoo Festival has announced the massive line-up scheduled to perform at its second annual event, set to feature colossal rock headliners Shinedown, Godsmack and Five Finger […]
Download Festival Australia have a literal smorgasbord of great food and market stalls lined up for the festival in March. Check out the info below. Here at Download we put as much effort into […]
With just over 90 days to go until the gates of Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm swing open for Bluesfest 2019, we are proud to announce the following artists will be joining the 30th Anniversary […]
WITHIN TEMPTATION is back and stronger than ever. Today the Dutch metal band have released the third single ‘In Vain’ from their upcoming record RESIST, out on February 1st 2019. By expanding their musical […]
Florida’s Wage War are preparing to enter the studio to record their third album and the follow up to 2017’s well-received Deadweight. In the meantime, the band has unveiled the video for the menacing […]
Buckcherry’s new studio album, Warpaint, scheduled for a March 8 release, is available for pre-order. The 12 track album is available in both CD and vinyl formats. Anyone pre-ordering the album digitally will receive […]
Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have released a new single, titled ‘Dødskamp‘. The song has been commissioned by Innovation Norway, Visit Norway and the Munch Museum, who asked four Norwegian artists within four different […]
This year’s lineup for Rocklahoma festival has been announced with legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne leading the charge with Disturbed and Shinedown as headliners alongside a big lineup that includes Bush, Steel Panther, […]
Rose Tattoo’s – ‘Never Too Loud’, released in 1997 through Repertoire Records Germany, was a ‘Popumentary’ Series, spanning the band’s career at the time. Now, 22 years on, the Hard-Ons, join Rose Tattoo on their […]
Announcing the MAX & IGGOR CAVALERA ‘BENEATH THE REMAINS AND ARISE’ tour – celebrating an incredible selection of the best tracks from the two albums each night! The legendary brotherly duo of MAX & […]
Santa Ana’s Observatory OC (3503 S. Harbor Blvd) will host the massive DIMEBASH 2019, fueled by Monster Energy, on Thursday, January 24, 2019! The event will be hosted by Sirius XM’s Jose Mangin, and […]
Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK have released their long awaited new album, Verkligheten! In celebration of the release the band has also released the music video for crushing song ‘Witan’. Coinciding with the release of the globally […]
“Fall Into The Light“, a brand new song from progressive music titans Dream Theater, can be streamed below. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming 14th studio album, “Distance Over Time“, which will […]
BEAST IN BLACK – unveil new single ‘Die By The Blade’, IN FLAMES – drop lyric video for ‘I, The Mask’, BLIND GUARDIAN – reissue “The Forgotten Tales”, “Tokyo Tales” and “Live”. […]
The Neal Morse band – Neal Morse (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Mike Portnoy (drums, vocals), Randy George (bass), Bill Hubauer (keyboards, vocals), Eric Gillette (guitars, vocals)—will take fans on THE GREAT ADVENTURE with their […]
It’s not every day that metalheads get the opportunity to witness three of metal’s finest vocalists on the same concert stage – Tim “Ripper” Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH, DIO DISCIPLES), Harry “The Tyrant” […]
Chainsaw have sharpened their blades and are ready to slaughter Australia. Let the bloodbath begin! Chainsaw are a 4 horse powered thrash act based in Stockholm, Sweden. The band was founded in 2003 with […]
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